Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas • 72

0 16 4' 4 di 2D Sunday June 22 1986 01986 Fort Worth Star-Telegram I laying Our Song' keyed for Casa opening By PERRY STEWART Star-Telegram Theater Editor Casa Manana turns to the winning-if unorthodox creative trio of Neil Simon Marvin Hamlisch and Carol Bayer Sager for its next pro: duction 4 reiii 1 11- :1 11 1 IA I 1 1 14 t'W 4 "-4 Ait' PA 4 1 ))' 4 1 1 igin- ilArYill iTt4Ctii IIARCIAIN MATINEES ALL SHOWS BEFORE 6:00 pm ALL SEATS $3109 1114A ft101'Illatt' I-30 LAS VEGAS TRAIL 248-1552 SHORT CIRCUIT (PG) II (PG-13) MANHATTAN PROJECT(PG-13) toot-70 KARATE KID PART II (PG) DEMONS Not Rated ede ai etm lintior 17 Admitted I IIAROAIN MATINEES ALL SHOWS BEFORE 6:00 pm ALL BEATS B3100 4144 1-30 6 LAS VEGAS TRAIL 248-1552 SHORT CIRCUIT (PG) II (PG-13) PAANHArram PROJECT(PG-13) 00I75 KARATE KID PART II (PG) DEMONS Not Rated Ono Under 17 Admitted edmo0non- f' 'f 7 I e' t7I- 1:1 )oi I 4 1 1 it 4 44 They're Playing Our Song DATE: Opens Monday closes July 5 PLACE: Casa Manana 3101 Lancaster DETAILS: Performances at 8:15 pm Monday through Friday 2 and 8:15 Saturday Tickets priced from $11 to $15 reservations at 332-6220 The 1979 Broadway musical They're Playing Our Song opens Monday for a two-week run at the Fort Worth theater-in-the-round It will feature television actor Barry Williams and stage actress MariJane Sullivan as a successful composer and lyricist for whom collaboration on a theater project leads to romantic involvement Robert Klein and Lucie Arnaz Barry Williams They're Playing Our Song three previous times Two of these were under the direction of Bill Mc Hale the Denver dinner theater producer who is returning to stage the upcoming show at Casa Mc Hale who was executive producer of the Windmill Dinner Theater here during the 1970s di rected Casa's production of The Music Man last summer Talon signs Hext for lead in crime thriller Although Playing Our Song will be new to Casa the show has had at least one Tarrant County rendering A wellreceived Theater Arlington version featured Beth Wibker and Mark Oristano in the winter of 1981 This musical is described variously as "intimate" or "small" which means merely that it has an abnormally compact company: Two leads and six backup singers who play the main characters' alter egos Compare with this the platoon-sized cast for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas which Just closed at Casa Then apply the comparison to the songlist: nine for Our Song 14 for Whorehouse This streamlining prompted theater pundit Gerald Boardman to observe that the Simon-Sager-Itamlisch show Broadway's slimming process to an almost anorexic extreme" From a musical standpoint however Our Song actually will involve a beefing-up from the previous show Instead of the smallish country-western combo in Whorehouse conductor Joseph Stecko will have a full pit orchestra under his baton addition to making grant applications to several other foundations Sally Beaty of Nacogdoches grants director with the Fine Arts Society said decisions on the applications are expected early in the fall A Texas Committee for the Humanities spokesman Dr Francis Abernethy of Stephen Austin State University at Nacogdoches said that although the agency has not helped finance so far-afield a project before its guidelines do not require that a project deal specifically with Texas "We're interested in any humanities project" said Abernethy "and you can't get any more humanities-oriented than the story of classical Alexandria" The film project began in 1983 More than $20000 has been spent on It to date Beaty said the projected budget totals $250000 The production appears to be the first of its kind Writerresearcher Scott Pirnie of Stephen Austin State has found only a few films that deal at all with Alexandria these document cultural contributions without a context for understanding how the contributions were developed Moreover adds Pirnle some such films leave the false impression that Alexandria lost its cultural significance after the Hellenistic period ended about 31 BC 1-1! 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Ott I Ing ell it--' a rod) 1111111111111illiii ko A I-20 OAKS BLVD 483-0888 (44 tNERAIVINEIN 4--1 WHIT OF AIDGMAIII MALL 130 At COMAY LANI 246-5564 2843494 1 ff tRi umaot ios COLLINS (FM 157) a I-30 0:1 AIRPORT at CENTRAL DR 571-5858 In ill HU1EN STA et MALL 346-4994 11 )- Mari Jane Sullivan originally played the songwriting lovers characters thought to be based loosely on real-life experiences of Sager and Hamlisch Williams played the eldest son' Greg for five years on tilt TV series The Brady Bunch He also had a recurring role (Hannibal) on General Hospital Sullivan who directs and choreographs as well as acting has played the role of Sonia in Mike Price FILM Tamara Hext the past few years has kept busy this spring and summer as a presenter of accolades to film artists with whom he has been associated He did so this past spring when the USA Film Festival honored Robert Duvall and he's functioning as honorary chairman for an El Paso Western Film Celebration tribute to Gre'gory Peck on Saturday Foote's turn as honoree comes July 19 when the Dallas Communications Council will devote its annual CoCo Awards gala to him The honor is predicated on Foote's nearly two generations in CO 1 DOLIN WT111150 11SLLSCITOIKAMEit Aot CENTURY f011 Mik FILI i 4 I -r 'Al- -re'''' 4 r' '4' 1 e' ik I -'1 'N- I i ili i 'c IINTIOTANOANT ATM Immonual Coo Maiggoilmignal ort Worth-based Talon Produc1-T tips has signed Tamara Hext for the lead in Through the Fire a crime thriller now in production 11ext has the role of Sandra Curtis a desperate young woman attempting to learn the whereabouts of her kidnapped sister A former Miss Texas (1984) Hext is in experienced entertainer whose current work includes Secret Playgrounds a magazine-format television program and the syndicated Sjula World As an actress Hext has trained with Jerry Russell in Fort Worth and Pam Zarit and Richard Peterson injiew York Her resume ranges from television commercials to the Johnnie High Country Music Revue in Fort Worth now completing a bachelor's degree in radiotelevision at the University of Texas at Arlington plans to continue efforts in film tire- pursuing opportunities to host a television variety show of her own -rough the Fire teams Hext with Dallas-based actor Tom Campitelli who plays a helpful police officer Horton Foote tribute Screenwriter Horton Foote whose poignant evocations of rural 'texas life have accounted for some IdElh6 most rewarding pictures of OF THE MOST INTELLIGENT AND GRIPPING OF RECENT YEARS" 73 Richard Schickel Time Magazine I 1 -1'3 11' -1-- "UAILCM710 -2i: rinr ill -11 SUSPEUZE 11 4 4 1 1 en so" 7 li I 1 RECOLIIMID IT -4 UL J1: Ill 41 it--i t): A 1 36 HEARTILY" 41011111 '00041114111C: NEN flak Ap0000044l000woo40- eo4tt eoftooelt: 4041110417110 11P1- the stage and screen business a career that has seen such triumphs as screenplay Oscars for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and Tender Mercies (1983) and the 1985 Best Actress Oscar to Geraldine Page for her lead-role Job in Foote's The Trip to Bountiful The guest list includes Duvall Tess Harper who played opposite Duvall in Mercier Bruce Beresford who directed Mercies Peter Masterson who directed Bountiful and Carlyn Glynn Masterson's wife who handled a key supporting role in Bountiful Admission to the Co Co ceremonies costs $75 a seat for council members there also is "star" seating ($100) and "superstar" seating ($200) Reservations may be made at (214) 869-7674 or (214) 522-7113 Proceeds go to advance the Dallas Communications Council's industry-betterment efforts Grant for documentary The Fine Arts Society of Texas has lande a $15000 challenge grant from the Texas Committee for the Humanities to help finance production of a documentary film on the cultural contributions of Alexandria Egypt The organization also has asked the National Endowment for the Humanities for almost $150000 in c' es CI Zbmimmii LI Also Starring MARIJANE SULLIVAN Ticket Prices --4v 0 dia 0000000 FORT SI AO pG-131ca) IL-16tro 1-30 I LAS TRAL 2461552 I ERAVCINEMAIII FLACUMALL wow sismoti 94311 EMED (01by) (Dolby) 12:45 3:00 Wall( CLADIVIN 1 OM ammo 4: 'LITTLE ROAD AT 120 WORTH SUMMER MUSICALS IrEttl61 St 294-2621 3101 West Lancaster at University Drive STARTS TOMORROW FOR TWO BIG WEEKS BARRY WILLIAMS IN at 1 I 11 1 elMC-HILJILEti! 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